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Why Partners Are Rethinking Identity Governance – And Paying Attention to READI 

Why partners are paying attention – and why now  Most enterprises already own an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. That part of the journey is well underway.  SailPoint, Saviynt, One Identity, Omada – these platforms play a critical role in modern identity programs. They provide policy, certification, and governance frameworks that enterprises genuinely need.  And yet, despite years of...

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Why Generic RPA Falls Short for Identity Governance

There’s a pattern I keep seeing. An enterprise rolls out an IGA platform. They connect the “big four” applications. Then they hit the long tail. Legacy systems. Vertical SaaS. Custom apps. Old versions nobody wants to touch. And someone says: “No problem. We’ll just use RPA for the rest.” It sounds logical. It rarely scales....

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Why Identity Governance Fails at the Application Layer

Identity governance has never been more important, or more challenging. Organizations continue to invest heavily in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platforms, modern access review programs, and lifecycle automation. Yet despite these investments, many identity programs still fall short of their goals. The reason is rarely the IGA platform itself. In practice, identity governance most...

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Gartner IAM 2025

Another Gartner IAM in the books. I spent my time at Gaylord Grapevine as I usually do – working at the booth, talking to folks, and showing off some cool tech. What’s not to love? And in talking to folks, I get to learn about what’s going on in Identity right now, and where the...

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Bot Studio Makes PowerShell Enterprise-Ready

I’ll be honest – for a long time, I really didn’t like PowerShell.  That’s saying a lot – I now work for READI, a company that creates bots out of PowerShell for a living. Bot Studio is the heart of our platform that gives the flexibility to extend current identity solutions or create your own...

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The Night of the Disconnected: A Halloween Tale of Zombie Permissions

A chilling reminder that in identity security, what you can’t see can hurt you. The conference room was dark except for the pale glow of the projector. Sarah, the CISO, stood frozen as she read the audit findings. Her hands trembled slightly as she scrolled through page after page of unauthorized access, orphaned accounts, and...

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From the Stage to the Booth: Thoughts on SailPoint Navigate 2025

Well, that’s a wrap. Navigate 2025 (Austin version) has come to a close. I have a few reflections.  Two Hotels, One Hot Walk Let’s get the elephant in the room(s) out of the way. Two hotels? Come on, man. No bueno. A morning in one, an afternoon in another, a walk through a construction site...

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Connectors – The 14% Club

Welcome to the 14% club 14 percent isn’t a lot. If you got 14% on an exam, well, you failed. Straight up. Tariffs at 14%? That would be a luxury, barely a ripple. Not worth noticing. Hitting 0.140? You’d be lucky if all they do is bounce you down to single-A ball. 14% win rate?...

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MIM Migration Options

Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) reaches end-of-life in January 2029. Organizations relying on MIM face the end of support, rising technical risk, and shrinking access to expertise. But the bigger problem? Years of accumulated technical debt, custom scripts, brittle workflows, and often manual processes that were never built to scale. Replacing MIM isn’t just an IT...

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Taking the Checkered Flag: A Full Lap Recap of Identiverse 2025

View from the Floor Identiverse 2025 is in the books!  Lots of prep from our team this year to get ready for the conference. I hope everyone had a chance to visit and maybe take a turn around the track on our simulator. We had a lot of fun.  I’m back home now and reflecting...

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From Starships to Systems: Access Modelling in a Sci-Fi World

Science Fiction I’m pretty sure many of you are aware, but I’m a big science fiction fan. Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Altered Carbon, Firefly, The Expanse, I could go on. I love the future look at humanity, how different authors see different parts of us magnified as we move towards a...

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Rethinking Access: Why Organizations Need Access Modeling

Access is often one of those things we don’t think about—until it becomes a problem. A new hire joins the company and doesn’t have access to the systems they need. A manager tries to approve a request but doesn’t have the right permissions. An IT team struggles to delegate administrative tasks without over-provisioning access.   In...

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Love at First Login: Why Identity Management is the True Valentine’s Romance

Ah, Valentine’s Day—the time of year when hearts flutter, chocolates disappear faster than access logs, and grand gestures of love are on full display. But while some are busy planning candlelit dinners and composing heartfelt messages, those of us in Identity & Access Management (IAM) know that the real love story isn’t written in poetry—it’s...

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Connect Everything Identity with Connector Studio

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about connectors and how our core identity applications get the information they need. It seems like loading the data has always been a problem, but we’re all kind of resigned to the way it is. So, I’ve been focusing on how Readibots connects to those applications- thinking about it,...

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Reflections on the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit 2024

From December 9-11, Grapevine, Texas transformed into the epicenter of identity and access management (IAM) innovation as industry leaders, analysts, and practitioners gathered for the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit 2024. This year’s event highlighted the growing complexities of identity management in a world driven by digital transformation, multi-cloud adoption, and increasingly sophisticated cyber...

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The Identity Killer

A Chilling Tale of IGA Project Survival Cue the haunting organ music. Good evening, dear reader. The moon hangs low, casting eerie shadows through the empty corridors of your office. You’re alone in the conference room, the glow of the projector illuminating the ominous timeline of your IGA project. A sudden chill grips your spine....

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Dave’s Top 10 Reasons for Identity Automation

 One of the most common questions that you get when you’ve built an Identity Automation Platform is pretty basic, but it’s important: “Why?”. I mean, lots of folks do “provisioning” (important quotation marks there), so why add another to the mix? It’s a good question. It speaks to how effective marketing can be. If you...

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